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Passengers of the Interislander spent the night onboard docked in Wellington harbour.
Passengers on the Interisland ferry Kaitaki have spent the night on board after issues with its steering.
An Interislander spokesman said the ferry departed Wellington at 8.30pm on Wednesday, headed for Picton, when it developed issues “with its steering just out of the Wellington heads”.
The Kaitaki retained full steering control via a backup system and returned to Wellington harbour where it anchored.
The spokesperson said there were only a small number of passengers on board the ferry overnight “primarily commercial vehicle drivers”, and each person was provided a cabin.
“To ensure safety the ships’ master decided it would not berth at Kaiwharawhara without being guided by tugs, which are not available until around 7am this morning.”
Interislander engineers are currently working to fix the issue and as a result there will be delays to some sailings on Thursday.
“We are holding this morning’s Aratere sailing so it can take some of the passengers.”
Interislander has apologised to passengers and said they are working to resolve the issue as possible.
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